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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

635 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

NORTHERN GRAYSON AND NORTHWEST CARROLL...



UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR AND AUTOMATED 

OBSERVATION SYSTEMS INDICATED THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN SINCE 5:00 PM. THIS HAS PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING OF MANY 

CREEKS AND STREAMS FROM NORTH OF FRIES TO AROUND BYLLESBY. 

EAGLEBOTTOM CREEK WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS AND THREATENING A 

LOCAL BUSINESS. BRUSH CREEK NEAR BYLLESBY WAS ALSO REPORTED FLOODED.



RAINFALL SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA THIS 

EVENING. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAINFALL WILL 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



REMEMBER DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



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